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11/17/2008

Recently, Prince hosted an executive who works for Philip Anschutz, the Christian businessman whose company owns the Staples Center. “We started talking red and blue,” Prince said. “People with money—money like that—are not affected by the stock market, and they’re not freaking out over anything. They’re just watching. So here’s how it is: you’ve got the Republicans, and basically they want to live according to this.” He pointed to a Bible. “But there’s the problem of interpretation, and you’ve got some churches, some people, basically doing things and saying it comes from here, but it doesn’t. And then on the opposite end of the spectrum you’ve got blue, you’ve got the Democrats, and they’re, like, ‘You can do whatever you want.’ Gay marriage, whatever. But neither of them is right.”

When asked about his perspective on social issues—gay marriage, abortion—Prince tapped his Bible and said, “God came to earth and saw people sticking it wherever and doing it with whatever, and he just cleared it all out. He was, like, ‘Enough.’ ”

Wow. Forget crying doves -- We'd imagine Prince is soon to find out what it sounds like when a certain artist get deleted from iTunes playlists en masse!

Oh well. He lost me at Diamonds and Pearls. He's just a short little megalomaniac. He's washed up. His records don't sell and he's a chastising bore. Say bye bye little man in high heels.

This isn't remotely surprising. He was raised a Seventh Day Adventist and then became a Jehovah's Witness. And he's kinda crazy, obviously. If he started campaigning for the Bible beaters or firing employees for being gay or telling his gay fans to go to Hell, I'd have a problem. But we can't start boycotting people because of their thoughts. Until he acts on these views in a destructive manner, I'm going to keep dancing around to "Raspberry Beret."

"But we can't start boycotting people because of their thoughts."

Nobody's suggesting a boycott. However, we can and should base our entertainment options on an artists' known stances. Personally, I will never be able to listen to Prince in the same way again, and will probably stop trying. I'm not going to demand his removal or protest his concerts -- but I WILL probably change the station from this point on.

There's certainly no crime in me refusing to buy or listen to Prince's music, and certainly no crime in spreading his message of hate to others.

My humanity is not up for debate.

Prince is entitled to his viewpoint, he's entitled to speak it aloud wherever and whenever he wants to, he's entitled to do so without being arrested or fined. But freedom of speech, of conscience does not equal freedom from consequence. I am entitled to criticize him, and boycott him all I want.

Prince may have been misquoted:

. . . Prince? Really? C'mon, dude, you go around in a crushed velvet suit and a cravat.

Ugh.

Posted by: Alle | Nov 17, 2008 6:45:48 PM

I refuse to believe it. I just can't see that, and check out how his publicist is claiming it's false. The interviewer has been called to the mat about the story and now she claims she didn't have any recording device. I hope Prince comes out in defense of himself and against the publication. Otherwise I will have to accept it as true and burn all my Prince Paraphanalia.....